Hook and eye.



A V.THOMPSON HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27. 1916. RENEWED MAR. 19.1918.

1,281,710. Patented Oct. 15, 1918.

NVENTOR fire/7742 M ffiazwpaam WITNESS: i I ATTORNEY v ousefuljimprovements in hooks and eyes and AROMA V. THOMPSON, OF MOSCOW, IDAHO.

noon AND EYE.

Application filed November 27,1916, Serial No. 133,780 Renewed March 9, 1918. Serial 110,223,464.

ful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of

which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to certain new and hasfor its primary object, the'provision of a device of this character in which the hook and eye will be of. such construction that each may be securely fastened to the clothing at their opposite corners orends in such 7 manner as to prevent slipping of the hook and'eye. j

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of'a hook and eye of the above .stated character which will be of improved and-simplified construction and in which the hook will have several engaging portions for contact "with the straight main portion of the eye bar.

y A. further object resides'in the provision of-a device of the above stated character which will be of suchconstruction that the hooks will automatically lock upon the straight portiono'r bar of the eye thereby prevent disengagement of these members exand eye.

cept when the proper pressureis applied to With the 7 above and'iiother objects in view, as will be apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists 1Ii1jl3liefnOV0l combination and arrangementjof parts as will be hereinafter more specifically setforth, pointed. out in the appended claims and shown in the accompanying"draw ngs;

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application and in which like designating reference characters refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views, 7

Figure 1 is an enlarged perspectiveview of the improved form of hook and eye, and

Fig. 2 is a through the same secured to overlappmg portions of an article of clothing and en gaged with one another to secure together the closure flaps, parts of my improved hook and eye being shown in elevation.

Referring more in detail tothe drawings, 1 designates the main portion of the eye or eye bar, as it will be hereinafter referred to and which is provided with the eyes 2 at its ook longitudinal sectional view ,p

' the short legs of the hook and from said .s am i emma 1 [Wanted 0%.15, 19 1s.-

opposite end to be secured to a closure flap; l in any suitable and well known manner.

The eye bar 1 is offset outwardly frointiie eyes 2 andthereby spaced-from theclosure flap. lt'will also be understood. that the eyes 2 are formed by bending thecotfset ends or extremities of the eye bar v1. The closure flap to which theeye is secured, isdesignatcd by the numeral 3 in Fig. 2, while the overlapplng or remainingfiap is designated by the numeral 4.

Thehook is composedof a single strip of wire or the like having its opposite ends. 5 extended in parallel relationwith portions 6 offset to form locking portions of the hook, the purpose of which will later appear.

The locking portions are adjacent the free eXtI6II11't19S7 of the wire, as will be readily understood 'by' referring to the drawings.

After'being extended'for a suitable distance toform the inner portions of thelong legs of the hook, the ends 5 of the wire are bent upon themselves and turned back to fori'n" the securing eyes 8 of the hook, at the free.

extremities of the long legs of 7 the same, The wire is then extended parallel to the ends 5, asshown at art form the outersides of the long legs and after being extendedfor a' short distance past the free extremities of the wire, the ends of the wire are again turned as shown at 10, the legs being turned this time ata rightangle to theturns 8-,"however, to provide -the-o' uter or end engaging portions of the ho'fok,*which portions-10 bear against theeye'bar '1" when the hook and eye are iii-locked engagement. After'the turns 10 are made, the ends of"the-wire are extended back beneath the outer side portions ofthe long legs, to form the outer-side 'p'orinner ends or free ends of the short legs, the ends of the. wire are again extended forwardly, parallel to the outer sides 11 of said short legs to form the inner sides 13 of said short legs, after which said ends of the wire are curved upwardly, as shown at 14 to conmeet with the inwardly turned central portion 15 of the wire. The turned portions 1;

'95 tions 11 of the lower or short legs of the V 1 oppositeends to one closure flap and the out departing from the spirit-of the inven applied to the hook and eye, which would tend to force said locking portions 6 toward the short legs. The locking portions 6 may,v

however, normally rest in a slightly spaced positionfrom the short legs but close enough to the sarne to prevent the eye bar 1 from being accidentally disengaged from the hook. It isalso .to be. understood that the locking portions 6 may be readily forced" away from the short legs of the hook to per- .mit theeye bar 1 to pass between said locking portions 6 and the short legs when the proper pressure is applied to either engage or disengage the hook andveye. It will be clear that as the eye bar 1 is secured by its hook is secured to the remaining or-overlapping closure flap at the turned and spaced portionr8 and the hoolcengages the eye bar 1 at the four points indicated by the numerals l0 and 1 1, twisting or slipping of the hook and eye with respect to'one another willibe practically eliminated.

While the form of the invention shown and 'describedis what isbelieved to be the I preferred embodiment thereof it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes therein in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted-to within the scope of the appendedclaims, with- 1. A garm lengthof wire bent to provide spaced par allelloops adapted tolie against a garment,

and for engagement with an eye, the extremities of the length being arranged in parallel. relation and extended reversely to nt fastener formed from a afford attaching loops, the extreme extremr ties of the reverse portions constituting keepers to normally lie above the spaced parallel loops to prevent the disengagement of the eye member from the spaced'parallel loops.

2. A garment fastener formed from a length of wire having its end portions extended in parallel relation and extended reversely to providekeepers, the intermedi-.

ate portions of the wire being bent to provide spaced. parallel loops,th e'loojps being connected by longitudinal curved substansubstantially ,parallel' 'loops formed with each of "the legs and disposed below the keepers, anda substantiallyUssh'aped1longi tudinally curved portion connecting the with the garment.

length of. material bent to provide outer legs and reversely;..extende d, the extremities of the reversely extended ilegs constituting keepers, substantially parallel loops'i'formed with each of the legs and disposedat one side of the keepers, anda medial cur-ved,po'rtion ,connecting th'e'loops, each of said; keepers being disposed upon the :opposite sides ofthe curved .-medial portion and actj acent the parallel legs, vsaid parallel legs limiting-the movement of the keepers'inone c direction; V a a IIliGfitlIIIOQY whereof I aifix-iny s gnature in presence of two wltnesses.

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